Nursing support for symptoms in patients with cancer and caregiver burdens: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Terminally ill patients with cancer experience a variety of symptoms, and their families experience certain caregiver burdens. Most studies on this topic have focused on the symptoms experienced by patients with cancer. There is little established evidence to show how nursing support affects these symptoms and burdens. Nurses provide support by extrapolating their clinical experience, practical knowledge and insights gained from the treatment phase of patients with cancer, regardless of the existence or degree of evidence. This study presents a scoping review protocol with the aim of categorising the feasibility of nursing support from the initial to the terminal phases in the trajectory of cancer care.

Method and analysis

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SUBMITTER: Kako J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9476151 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature